![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 1 - Henry James Librivox recording of The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James. The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates... Downloads: 48,298 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens LibriVox recording of A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism.The plot centers on the years leading up to French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look very alike but are entirely different in character... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; dickens Downloads: 715,858 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Lancashire Witches - Harrison Ainsworth LibriVox recording of The Lancashire Witches, by Harrison Ainsworth. Read by Andy Minter The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, together with others terrorised the district of Lancashire around Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland during the early seventeenth century. The witches named in the book were real enough, if not as witches then as people... Keywords: Audiobooks; LibriVox; witches; lancashire Downloads: 36,846 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
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